MBollinger 15 Posted August 16, 2016 Hey there surgery date of Aug 26th here had my class this past Friday and this is when I was told people having this surgery need to quit so I haven't had a cigg all day I'm doing semi ok but it's hard when others smoke as well how did all of you smokers out there handle it? Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mammaknox 3 Posted August 16, 2016 I hate to sound like the damn commercial but chantex helped me! Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babbs 14,681 Posted August 16, 2016 I had surgery August 22, 2014 and started vaping in June in order to quit smoking by my surgery. I just tapered down the nicotine in the vape until I was down to 0. Then I lost interest in the vape. Over 2 years smoke free and I'm prouder of that than the weight loss Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MBollinger 15 Posted August 16, 2016 Lol no worries I have my vape as well but I just went straight no nicotine my surgery is so close that I'm scared to even have 1 cigg but ugh it's so hard I hate being grumpy lol Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babbs 14,681 Posted August 16, 2016 It IS hard! On top of it I was on a medically supervised diet per my insurance. Can you imagine?? Trying to quit smoking AND dieting? It's no wonder I didn't kill someone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jane1979 270 Posted August 16, 2016 How long do you have to be smoke free to have the surgery? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GSleeve822 394 Posted August 16, 2016 My Dr said I had to not smoke for 2 weeks before surgery, so I basically told myself I could do anything for 2 weeks. Sometime in that process I realized I didn't want to have to go through quitting again and decided to stick with it. I truly hated not smoking for the better half of 3 months but I'm glad I stuck with it. I used toothpicks to get past the hard times in the car. You'll be better for it, but just remember just because quitting feels bad, it doesn't mean it is bad Sent from my SM-G930T using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaF 9 Posted August 16, 2016 Chantix. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
